Risk factors associated with in-hospital mortality during yellow fever outbreak in Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterize the clinical manifestations of yellow fever disease and identify risk factors for mortality.

Methods

A retrospective study was conducted in the referral center for infectious diseases (Hospital Eduardo de Menezes-HEM) in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Analysis included data from 283 patients with confirmed YF infection older than 13 years old who presented to HEM between January 2017 and June 2018. In-hospital mortality (hypothesis formulated after data collection), demographic factors and clinical and laboratory assessments were used.

Results

Study patients were mainly men (87.6%), with a median age of 46.0 (IQR 36.5, 57.0). 131 (46.3%) patients were admitted to the ICU, and 62 (22.0%) used invasive mechanical ventilation for a median

SUBMITTER: McClure M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11807806 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature